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House Calendar No. 52 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 388 

[Report No. 114–234] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1994) to amend title 38, United 

States Code, to provide for the removal or demotion of employees of 

the Department of Veterans Affairs based on performance or misconduct, 

and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 

3236) to provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, 

motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the 

Highway Trust Fund, to provide resource flexibility to the Department 

of Veterans Affairs for health care services, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 28, 2015 

Mr. SESSIONS, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1994) to amend 

title 38, United States Code, to provide for the removal 

or demotion of employees of the Department of Veterans 

Affairs based on performance or misconduct, and for 

other purposes, and providing for consideration of the 

bill (H.R. 3236) to provide an extension of Federalaid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust 

Fund, to provide resource flexibility to the Department 


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of Veterans Affairs for health care services, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this reso2 lution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 

3 XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of 

4 the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider5 ation of the bill (H.R. 1994) to amend title 38, United 

6 States Code, to provide for the removal or demotion of 

7 employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs based 

8 on performance or misconduct, and for other purposes. 

9 The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All 

10 points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. 

11 General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not 

12 exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair 

13 and ranking minority member of the Committee on Vet14 erans’ Affairs. After general debate the bill shall be con15 sidered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall 

16 be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose 

17 of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment 

18 in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Com19 mittee on Veterans’ Affairs now printed in the bill. The 

20 committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall 

21 be considered as read. All points of order against the com22 mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute are 

23 waived. No amendment to the committee amendment in 

24 the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those 


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1 printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accom2 panying this resolution. Each such amendment may be of3 fered only in the order printed in the report, may be of4 fered only by a Member designated in the report, shall 

5 be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time spec6 ified in the report equally divided and controlled by the 

7 proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amend8 ment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 

9 of the question in the House or in the Committee of the 

10 Whole. All points of order against such amendments are 

11 waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for 

12 amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill 

13 to the House with such amendments as may have been 

14 adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the 

15 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 

16 the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in 

17 the nature of a substitute. The previous question shall be 

18 considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto 

19 to final passage without intervening motion except one 

20 motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

21 SEC. 2. Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be 

22 in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 3236) 

23 to provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway 

24 safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs 

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1 source flexibility to the Department of Veterans Affairs 

2 for health care services, and for other purposes. All points 

3 of order against consideration of the bill are waived. The 

4 bill shall be considered as read. All points of order against 

5 provisions in the bill are waived. The previous question 

6 shall be considered as ordered on the bill and on any 

7 amendment thereto to final passage without intervening 

8 motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally divided 

9 among and controlled by the respective chairs and ranking 

10 minority members of the Committees on Transportation 

11 and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, and Veterans’ Af12 fairs; and (2) one motion to recommit. 


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House Calendar No. 52 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 388 

[Report No. 114–234] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1994) 

health care services, and for other purposes. bility to the Department of Veterans Affairs for Highway Trust Fund, to provide resource flexitransit, and other programs funded out of the highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, 3236) to provide an extension of Federal-aid and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. formance or misconduct, and for other purposes, Department of Veterans Affairs based on perfor the removal or demotion of employees of the to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide 

JULY 28, 2015 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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